Efforts are being made by district government and Agriculture Department of Punjab to preserve these hundreds of rare date cultivars.
Very little is recorded about this orchard, the official district record states: In the western city of Bhakkar, there is an Indus river flowing, on whose bank lies this old orchard, Dilkusha Bagh, which was constructed right in between the trade route by the Princess Mehr-un-Nissa, the daughter of Mughal Shah Jahangir.
During their journey they made a well on that spot, whose water turned out to be extremely sweet.
The Imperial Gazetteer of India mentions the Orchards of Bhakkar as follows: The neighbouring riverain is full of date groves and fruit gardens; and in it stands a famous mango-tree, the fruit of which used to be sent to Kabul in the old days of Afghan rule.
This article about a location in Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan is a stub.